Napoleon appointed 18 Marshals to lead his Grande Armée, later expanding the list to 26. Some rose from humble beginnings, while others became princes and kings. From Lannes and Soult to lesser-known ...

TASS/. Remains of about 60 soldiers who died during Napoleon’s retreat in November 1812 near Smolensk discovered during the Russian-French archeological dig in 2019 are planned to be reburied in ...

Shortly after midday, Napoleon ordered a barrage of his most powerful cannon — seventy-four guns steadily lobbed cannon balls at Wellington’s center. But Wellington had ordered his soldiers to ...

To defeat Russia, Napoleon marched his soldiers deep into Poland. WOLOCH: Napoleon’s justification is that you always have to take the war to your adversaries and you have to defeat them ...

In 1809, as Napoleon fought the Austrians at Wagram, the war in Spain and Portugal continued to rage. The French had inflicted several heavy defeats on Spanish field armies, but now they faced a ...

Did you know? A prisoner of war camp near Peterborough Cambridgeshire was unearthed in 2009, which was thought to house 7,000 French soldiers captured during the Napoleonic War.

carved from stone in the Schollenen Gorge - a monument to Russian soldiers who perished in the wars against Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799. Cadets from the Moscow Military Music College performed the ...

Adaś stumbles upon a treasure trove hidden somewhere in the area by a Napoleonic soldier. At the same time, a group of dangerous criminals also fell on the trail of the treasure.